Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1915 — U. S. HITS FORD PARTY [ARTICLE]

U. S. HITS FORD PARTY

PASSPORTS GOOD ONLY IN NEUTRAL COUNTRIES. Several Refined Owing to Faulty Applications—Plans for Peace By Christmas Abandoned. Washington, Dec. 3. —Secretary Lansing announced that members of the peace party planning to sail on ships chartered by Henry Ford •will not receive passpo'rts to belligerent countries, but only to neutral states in Europe. Seventy-five passports, good only In neutral countries, were issued by the state department for members of the Ford peace expedition. Several passports were refused on account of faulty applications, or because the applicants were not citizens of the United States. Inez Milholland Bolssevain, suffragist, was refused a passport because her husband is a citizen of a foreign country. New York, Dec. 3. —Louis P. Lochner, secretary to the Ford expedition, said the idea of “getting the boys out of the trenches by Christmas" had been given up. “The whole thing is trying the Impossible," he added, “but we are trying just the same.” Henry Ford returned to New York and announced definite plans for his peace expedition to sail for Europe Saturday. He said that during the voyage members of his party would be selected as permanent peace delegates to remain in Europe. He expects other neutral nations to send delegations to meet the Americans at The Hague. A general conference will then be held to decide on further ■.steps,''